• Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    NATO has half a million troops. The largest navy and air force in the world. I like their chances

    • Emily (she/her)
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      9 months ago

      Both sides have enough nukes to kill the entire human race several times over.

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      9 months ago

      First, war is always a tragedy. Always. It is to be avoided until the reasonably plausible alternative is worse for human suffering. People who ignore this are asses (not saying you are one of them).

      Second, as long as it stays conventional and China stays on the sidelines, then yes of course NATO destroys the Russian military, or at least keeps it hemmed into existing Russian territory. That’s been true for 30 years.

      Third, those are VERY big ‘ifs’.